Dog doesnt jump on me but jumps on others

[AnnaMcmahon]

my dog was very bad for jumpong up on people now she has improved lots but if someone other than me is at the house/garden she jumps on them and if i stop talking to people on our walks she jumps at me while we are stopped. i have done the turn your back on the dog thing but she still jumps at your back. its awful if my friends are wearing clan clothes and then two muddy paws land on their back or front

[Adrienne]

Hello and welcome to the forums,

I am happy to hear that your dog has improved a lot!

In regards to the behavior at the house/garden, consider that, when dogs are left to their own devices, they are often put into a situation of making poor choices. For those times when you are not around, I suggest keeping  your dog confined in a safe area in the home (like inside an exercise pen or behind a baby gate). Here's the thing; practice makes perfect and we don't want our dogs to rehearse problematic behaviors as that is how they put roots becoming more difficult to extinguish. 

In regards to the behavior when you stop talking to people, often this is due to boredom or attention-seeking. Normally, we should turn our back to a jumping dog and walk away if the dog still jumps at our back, but being with her on leash, it's difficult to leave and leaving is ultimately what she wants so we may reinforce the jumping this way. 

 In a case as such, it can help to pre-empt this behavior by providing the dog an activity to engage in while we chit-chat. You need to give her an activity to engage in  before she thinks about jumping. Here are some ideas:

-You can keep a tug toy in your pocket and get it out when you chat. You can do some tugging with her to keep her busy.

-You can do a treasure hunt game as you talk. Drop several treats to the ground and tell her to "find them!"

-You can ask several hand targets in a row:

https://www.braintraining4dogs.com/members/brain-training/preschool/targeting/

-You can make a hand-made Kong. I use this method when I need to keep dogs busy. Just have some treats in your pocket/treat bag and old them in your fist as your dog gets to try to get them out by licking from the top. See picture. 

Keep your chats with people brief initially so to help your dog succeed. When I deal with this issue, I tell them my dog is in training and we need to keep things short. Also, keep her at a distance from friends so it's harder for her to try to jump on them when you briefly talk. Here is a guide for enthusiastic greeters:

https://www.braintraining4dogs.com/members/archive/approaching-people/

Hope this helps!

Let me know if you have questions and keep me posted!

Best,

Adrienne